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Always Carry a Mental Umbrella

Always Carry a Mental Umbrella

March 20, 2021February 28, 2021 Posted in Art LifeLeave a comment

The news will dump bucketfuls of negativity on your head. You need a mental umbrella to protect yourself #mental #health #news #hope

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A Garden of Ideas

A Garden of Ideas

March 13, 2021February 28, 2021 Posted in Creative ProcessLeave a comment

Bury your thoughts in the soft soil of time and wait to see what grows. #creativity #mental #health #art #ideas

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Make Art to Keep from Drowning

Make Art to Keep from Drowning

February 20, 2021February 3, 2021 Posted in Art LifeLeave a comment

This world is poised to swallow you up. Your only life preserver is the ability to create. #art #creation #mental #health

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Chew on Your Art

Chew on Your Art

February 13, 2021January 31, 2021 Posted in Creative ProcessLeave a comment

The dreaded creative block might be just creative indigestion. Give yourself time to chew and digest your art first. #creativity #mental #health #art

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Do You Bottle Up Your Writing?

Do You Bottle Up Your Writing?

February 6, 2021January 19, 2021 Posted in Art LifeLeave a comment

Why don’t we just write prose the way illustrators create drawings? Art is meant to be see, not bottled up forever. #mental #health #art #writing

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Build an Idea Catalog

Build an Idea Catalog

January 30, 2021February 21, 2021 Posted in Creative Process1 Comment

Don’t let those creative ideas get lost in the jumble. Build a catalog of creativity. #organize #mental #health #art

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We Are All Frankenstein

We Are All Frankenstein

January 23, 2021January 9, 2021 Posted in Creative Process1 Comment

We breath life into our creations. But art without a soul is hollow and forgettable. #art #soul #creativity #mentalhealth

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Beware the Scissor Men

Beware the Scissor Men

January 16, 2021January 1, 2021 Posted in Creative Process1 Comment

The linear thought process is dead. Let’s cut stuff up. #surreal #mental #health #creativity #dada #doompatrol

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Flip the Switch

Flip the Switch

January 9, 2021December 22, 2020 Posted in Art Life2 Comments

Technology is a switch. Sometimes you need to switch it off. But you can’t live your life in the dark. #mental #health #technology #unplug

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The Importance of Nonsense

The Importance of Nonsense

January 2, 2021December 22, 2020 Posted in Creative Process1 Comment

Sometimes gathering up a little nonsense does does us all a little good. Seriousness puts nails in your coffin as an artist. Use #morningpages to slip into Wonderland. #art #mental #health

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